Bore trials Rotor Sail on a RO/RO

NOVEMBER 30, 2014 — Finland’s Bore Shipping has started sea trials of a rotor sail auxiliary wind propulsion system on its 9,700 dwt RO/RO cargo vessel M/V Estraden. Developed by Finnish marine

Royal IHC launches a Subsea 7 pipelayer

NOVEMBER 28, 2014 — Royal IHC’s Krimpen aan den IJssel, Netherlands, shipyard today successfully launched Subsea 7’s 550 t pipelaying vessel, Seven Rio. The naming ceremony was performed by Mrs Anelise Lara,

Billionaire orders a second mega yacht at Kleven

NOVEMBER 28, 2014 — New Zealand billionaire Graeme Hart, who already has one mega yacht on order at Kleven, has awarded the Norwegian shipbuilder an order for a second, even bigger, one.

Myklebusthaug MPSV will be first UT design built in Turkey

NOVEMBER 27, 2014 — Norwegian shipowner Myklebusthaug Management AS has placed an order at Beşiktaş Shipyard for an advanced multipurpose service vessel that will be the first Rolls-Royce UT design vessel to

Maersk AHTS newbuilds feature Wärtsilä solutions

NOVEMBER 27, 2014 — The new series of six Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels (plus four options) ordered from Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven by  Maersk Supply Service last month (see earlier story) will

Higgins takes reins as CEO at Nichols Brothers

NOVEMBER 27, 2014—Ice Floe LLC dba Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Freeland, WA, recently named Gavin Higgins as Chief Executive Officer. Higgins brings a wealth of shipyard management experience to his role, more

Minister paddles away from “canoe” comment

NOVEMBER 26, 2014 — Australian Defense Minister Senator David Johnston was today paddling away from his comment that he wouldn’t trust Government owned shipbuilder ASC (formerly Australian Submarine Corporation) “to build a

MacGregor equipment picked for Intership newbuilds

NOVEMBER 26, 2014 — Cargotec says that its MacGregor subsidiary has secured a comprehensive deck equipment contract from New Times Shipyard, in China, for three new 36,500 dwt Laker-class bulk carriers being

Damen Vlissingen to upgrade Helix’s MSV Seawell

NOVEMBER 26, 2014 — Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen, Netherlands, has been awarded a contract by the U.K. unit of Helix Energy Solutions that will see it carry out a major upgrade of the

Vroon christens five newbuilds at Chinese shipyard

NOVEMBER 26, 2014 — Netherlands-based Vroon says that it christened five of its newbuilding vessels in ceremonies held yesterday at Fujian South East Shipyard (FSES) in Fuzhou, China. The vessels christened were

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